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DEATH ANGEL's Founding Bassist DENNIS PEPA Is Battling Stage Four Cancer
Dennis Pepa, the founding bassist of the long-running San Francisco Bay Area metal band DEATH ANGEL, is batting stage 4 duodenal cancer, a rare and generally aggressive malignancy of the small intestine. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help Dennis cover the financial costs associated with h...
JOHN 5 On MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'The Return Of Carnival Of Sins' Tour: 'It Was Incredible. Everybody Had So Much Fun.'
During an appearance on the October 5 episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist John 5 spoke about the band's recently completed "The Return Of Carnival Of Sins" tour, which celebrated the 20th anniversary of the band's groundbreaking 2005-2006 "Carnival Of Sins" r...
ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN Says There Has Been No Talk Of Her Making New Music With THE GATHERING
In a recent interview with Hakos Pervanidis of the Metal Hammer Greece TV program TV War, Anneke Van Giersbergen spoke about the ongoing reunion shows from her former band THE GATHERING to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Dutch rockers' "Mandylion" album. Regarding whether she and her longtime...
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS On A.I.-Powered Music Creation: 'It's Not Gonna Affect Me'
During a VIP question-and-answer session before W.A.S.P.'s September 20 concert at the House Of Blues in Houston, Texas, W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless weighed in on a debate about people using an A.I. (artificial intelligence) music generator as a tool to create melodies, harmonies and rhymes ba...
LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE: 'I Didn't Know We Were Gonna Have A New Band Logo Until I Saw The 'Into Oblivion' Album Artwork'
In a new interview with Brooksy & JD of the weekday breakfast show on Australia's Rebel FM, LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe was asked if he has a specific regimen that he has to follow in order to make sure he can sing at his peak ability night after night. He responded (as transcribed by BLAB...
TYKETTO Expands 'Closer To The Sun' With Rarities-Packed Deluxe Edition
Following the critically acclaimed release of their sixth studio album, "Closer To The Sun", earlier this year, hard-rocking songsmiths TYKETTO return with something special for the fans who have been with them every step of the way: "Closer To The Sun Deluxe". The collector's edition is set for rel...